Death by hanging

DVD 2016

A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next. At once disturbing and oddly amusing, Oshima's constantly surprising film is a subversive and surreal indictment of both capital punishment and the treatment of Korean immigrants in his country.

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Hanging Japan Drama

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Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 798 Criterion collection ; 798. DVD

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ISBN:

9781681431086

Edition:

Special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (118 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches
digital optical surround Dolby Digital mono
video file DVD video region 1
monochrome

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: NR

Notes:

Title from container
Originally released as a motion picture in 1968
Special features: New interview with critic Tony Rayns; New high-definition digital transfer of director Nagisa Oshima's 1965 experimental short documentary Diary of Yunbogi; Trailer; An essay by critic Howard Hampton and a 1968 director's statement by Oshima
Cinematography, Yasuhiro Yoshioka ; music, Hikaru Hayashi ; editor, Sueko Shiraishi
Yung-Do Yun, Kei Sato, Fumio Watanabe, Rokko Toura, Masao Adachi, Toshiro Ishido, Hosei Komatsu, Masao Matsuda, Akiko Koyama
DVD ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital mono
For private home use only
In Japanese ; subtitled in English

Control Number:

1584242

UPC:

715515167918

Other Authors:

Adachi, Masao, 1939- actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Fukao, Dōten, 1936-2023, screenwriter
Ōshima Nagisa Purodakushon, production company
Ōshima, Nagisa, 1932-2013, film director, screenwriter, film producer
Sasaki, Mamoru, 1936-2006, screenwriter
Satō, Kei, 1928-2010, actor
Tamura, Tsutomu, 1933-1997, screenwriter
Toura, Mutsuhiro, actor
Watanabe, Fumio, 1929-2004, actor
Yun, Yung-do, 1943- actor

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